the economy in the u.s. could also have an impact as investors become older and move away from traditionally safe investments, -- become bolder and move away from traditionally safe investments. >> the european shares started the week on a negative note amid some profit taking from last week's rally. eta shows a further slowing of china's economic -- data shows a further slowing of china's economy weighed on the market. we have this summary from frankfurt. >> for many investors, gold has been a shield against inflation and a kind of safe haven in the euro debt crisis. since inflation did not go up as fast as people expected, some people started off profit taking at the end of last week and also this monday. the market, in general, has been depressed by new concerns about the world economy, china's economy grew not as fast as people expected before. this led to fears that the marketplace -- china will be weaker, especially car shares suffered from that. >> we can stay in frankfurt for a closer look at monday'